What's your favorite tool?

[Beau]

Like the title states.

I'd say my favorite tool of all time is the bottom bracket facer and chaser.

You?:banana:

[steef]

Pulaski!!11!!!!

[Beau]

For bikes?

Well, I guess I have a few Wal-Mart bikes I could 'fix' right up then! :D

[Magic]

Headset press or Rear Der. hanger alignment tool. Those are on the tops of my tool list.

[dvo1]

Crank bros multi-19

Used that more when I really needed it than any other tool I have.

My 8-axis lathe is pretty cool also.

[Don Youngdahl]

...... Rear Der. hanger alignment tool.......



This tool is rather unique in that it measures the misallignment and also is the working tool to correct misallignment. There are relatively few devices where the measuring function is combined with the fix-it function in one device. Maybe the mechanics out there can name some others.

Don Youngdahl

[Crash]

Chain whip.

Whip it good!

[Paul Swenson]

This tool is rather unique in that it measures the misallignment and also is the working tool to correct misallignment. There are relatively few devices where the measuring function is combined with the fix-it function in one device. Maybe the mechanics out there can name some others.

Don Youngdahl

Torque wrench?

[Don Youngdahl]

Chain whip. ............



If it's the tool I'm thinking of, what measuring function does it perform? All I use it for is to remove the cogset. Maybe I'm missing something.

Don Y

[bike>>rider]

Chain stretch tool - simple, but elegant and extremely functional.

[berrywise]

End of discussion :D

http://www.parktool.com/images/products/productimages/det_BO-1-in-use_2005810_76901.jpg

[gopherhockey]

End of discussion :D



I'll drink to that.... :beer_yum:

[Tex]

I dunno, I've always been a big fan of the simple ever ready tri-allen.

[steef]

End of discussion :D

http://www.parktool.com/images/products/productimages/det_BO-1-in-use_2005810_76901.jpg

I just use a 13mm cone wrench for that.:eyeroll:

My favorite tool is a repair stand. the Park Dogbone multitool is a close 2nd.

[Paul Swenson]

End of discussion :D

http://www.parktool.com/images/products/productimages/det_BO-1-in-use_2005810_76901.jpg


Over use of that will inevitably lead to using this:
http://www.parktool.com/images/products/productimages/det_PZT-1_2005729_86769.jpg

[Burke]

headset press

i just bought a headset crown race remover. i expect it will make the top tools list.

[Crash]

If it's the tool I'm thinking of, what measuring function does it perform? All I use it for is to remove the cogset. Maybe I'm missing something.

Don Y

I was responding to the OP, it just happened to be right after your post. Sorry for the confusion.

I do give you credit for putting much more thought into your post than I did :)

[Pete Hamer]

This tool is rather unique in that it measures the misallignment and also is the working tool to correct misallignment. There are relatively few devices where the measuring function is combined with the fix-it function in one device. Maybe the mechanics out there can name some others.

Don Youngdahl

Dropout alignment tools would fit into that catagory. To a lesser degree digital, dial and beam style torque wrenches. They can measure the pre-existing torque and if it's not where you want it you can adjust it with the same tool. To an even lesser degree would be b.b. facing/chasing and headset facing/reaming tools.

As far as my favorite tool I'm going to have to go with the Chris King hub tool. It's way to nice for a just a tool.

[stoneage]

torque wrenches
The best one I ever saw was Mark Zeh's. A wrench that fit the bolt, a two foot piece of 3/4" iron pipe and a bathroom scale.:)

[jitterjepp]

The best one I ever saw was Mark Zeh's. A wrench that fit the bolt, a two foot piece of 3/4" iron pipe and a bathroom scale.:)Next time you see me on the trail ask me about Doug from FMC and his "torque wrench" or how he explained his torque wrench theory to a tour of army generals who watched him torque a giant bolt with a six foot pipe on the end of a giant wrench with no gauge.

[nigel]

My super special Phillips screwdriver! If i had only one tool to pick from out of all the ones I own and was worth the most for bike repair that would be it.

[crux]

Favorite tool would have to be the bike.

[trogolodyte16]

That's my favorite bike - tool!:)

[Paul Swenson]

That's my favorite bike - tool!:)

Are you really in Fallujah? If so thanks.

[stoneage]

Next time you see me on the trail ask me about Doug from FMC and his "torque wrench" or how he explained his torque wrench theory to a tour of army generals who watched him torque a giant bolt with a six foot pipe on the end of a giant wrench with no gauge.
Same thing. It's all about foot/pounds. You stand on the scale, put the wrench on the bolt, put the pipe over the wrench handle and pull up. If the pipe is 2 feet long and you want 40 foot/pounds, you pull up until the scale shows 20 pounds more. Voila, 40 '#s.

[Paul Swenson]

Same thing. It's all about foot/pounds. You stand on the scale, put the wrench on the bolt, put the pipe over the wrench handle and pull up. If the pipe is 2 feet long and you want 40 foot/pounds, you pull up until the scale shows 20 pounds more. Voila, 40 '#s.


I think Car Talk used this as The Puzzler a while back.

[stoneage]

I think Car Talk used this as The Puzzler a while back.
That would be appropriate for that show. Mark showed me that trick when he was assembling my MTB that he had just made. 1994?

[Ala Carte]

As far as my favorite tool I'm going to have to go with the Chris King hub tool. It's way to nice for a just a tool.

The Shimano wood handled chain tool is nice as well. And don't forget the Campy Big corkscrew.

[trogolodyte16]

Are you really in Fallujah? If so thanks.

Yes sir - I am actually in Fallujah, Iraq - was out west in Ramadi for 3 months, was IED'ed three times and survived.

I see young men from the Minnesota National Guard everyday and ask them where they are from back home - Fergus Falls, Bemidiji - a conversation with each is like a taste of home each day. :)

I'll post a pic or two here on my PX bike I bought - but I really do miss my Rocky Mountain!

http://www.morcmtb.org/photopost/showphoto.php?photo=3804&cat=500&ppuser=1203

Semper Fi,

Bill
I MEF (FWD)
LTCOL USMC

[Shockspital]

http://www.goathork.com/evil/true.JPG

[stoneage]

http://71.193.93.160/~williamoreilly/big.jpg

[Shockspital]

http://www.shockspital.com/Yeah.Iliketools_10AAF/tool6.jpg

[badandyruh]

The Specialized FSR Tool Kit is pretty bad ass. Otherwise the Hozan Crown Race setter.

[berrywise]

I've always been a fan of my cable puller/stretcher. Not only good for tightening up brake and deraileur cable but also for getting zip ties good and snug.

[Heuy]

I finally broke down and got a decent Park Tool chain breaker.

[syntaxjunkie]

I'll go with my favorite tool-of-last-resort: the trusty rubber mallet. Firm, yet gentle. And especially satisfying to swing at recalcitrant parts that just won't listen to reason (or the tools actually designed to manipulate them).

[Wolfchimp]

I like the Park TM-1 Spoke Tension Meter.http://www.fullcycles.com/images/park-tm1-spoke-tension.jpg

[Tetreves]

Jethro. Small, but effective, and multi-purpose. :D

[Standard]

FFS-2

http://www.parktool.com/images/products/productimages/spr_FFS-2_inuse_2005810_6170.jpg

Sure is fun to use.

[TML]

How 'bout an original Cool Tool? :)

http://www.morcmtb.org/photopost/data/500/IMG_0238-2.jpg

A couple of the features are a little dated but this baby has managed to stay in my pack and perform flawlessly for nearly 14 seasons. I'm sure I could get something lighter and newer but why do something crazy like that? :confused:

[gus man]

I think Bill see's it right. My fav tool is the Trek bootle opener bolted to the bottle cage mounts on the bottom side of my down tube. Just squeeze the rear brake, pull back to stand up, and crack open a cold one. BIKES AND BEER. WHAT MORE COULD YOU ASK FOR? HOORAH!!

:banana: